Method of and apparatus for controlling data flow through a subsystem of a data communication network

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EP 0 207 214 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.01.1989 Bulletin 1989/04

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	07.01.1987 Bulletin 1987/02

(21)	Application number: 86102295.2

(22)	Date of filing: 21.02.1986

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁴: H04L 11/20

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

25.02.1985 US 705465

(71)	Applicant: ALCATEL AUSTRALIA LIMITED
	NL-1077 XX Amsterdam (NL)

(72)	Inventors:
	Yanosy, John Anthony, Jr. Stratford, CT 06497 (US) Hsiung, Hsiaosu Trumbull, CT 06611 (US) Odlyzko, Paul Stratford, CT 06497 (US) Ashok, Erramilli Shelton, CT 06484 (US)

(74)	Representative: Graf, Georg Hugo, Dipl.-Ing. et al
	Alcatel SEL AG Patent- und Lizenzwesen Postfach 30 09 29 D-70449 Stuttgart D-70449 Stuttgart (DE)

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(54)	Method of and apparatus for controlling data flow through a subsystem of a data communication network

(57) An apparatus for controlling data flow through a subsystem (12) of a data communication network (10) includes a plurality of network interface devices (20) connected to a networking medium (14).
Each network interface device (20) comprises a data transport controller (32) which includes means for distributing said data traffic through said network interface device (20), whereby said distributing means are autonomously adaptive to the traffic across each said network interface device (20), and further means, responsive to said data traffic of said subsystem (12) for invoking data flow control communication protocols within each network interface device (20).

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